Moon Escape
Hanging in the open, the Moon coughed and didn’t turn her head. How disgusting I am, she thought, as the mist settled over the world. _Maybe they’ll just…
Pretty Moon
What emotional beings we are. No, no. Not everyone is. I always forget that. Caught up in your nest of life... I mean I am caught in my nest of life. But…
Emergence
You take my hand. You pull. I emerge. In time we see little reason not to hold one another. We look at the wall and we can see my former chamber. We cannot see…
Rat in the Wall
You hear a scratching behind your wall. A quick succession of images come to mind: what can it be? Nobody ever has broken through the ramparts you’ve built to…
Right of Way
I’m elbow deep into the wall. I wish I hadn’t even started. I can hardly imagine getting all the way through. I’m exhausted. I’m scared. I might get stuck…
Our Caves
We live in caves, you and I, dark and cramped and damp. They are where we live, but we never call them home. Drilled into the face of the cliff and opening…
In case of emergency, break glass.
Now here is a familiar situation... No doubt we’ve all been here. A man sits dozing on a simple chair, in a simple room. Magnolia paint coats the walls and a…
Emotions
Red thumps and pulses thwacking against the large interior wall Wires send signals to call the bulbous mass into action but nothing prevails What is left is…
Memories of my melancholy whores
Paranoia, perfume, dance, dance, dance. No escape, a wild sheep chase: eleven minutes, possessed pawns of chaos- roll over and play dead. Other voices, other…
Port Of Morrow
How lovely a find: sky of blue and sea of green, a seascape. I’m a listing boat, for the thing carries every hope. We got sea legs and we’re off tonight…
Confidence Building
“Your magic wore off. Make me bigger and stronger!” Nash snarled, baring his teeth. Mikaela put her hands on the ogre’s arm. “Be calm, friend ogre.” “Everyone…
What Are You Really Seeking?
Lust keeps my pants down and my walls built high, leaving me focused on how and not why I should do or pursue my impulses and whims. Reasons aren’t given. I…
Collision
Nearly unheard fears spill sparks, severely veering, fiercely steering metal ‘gainst the curb of hearts.
The Grey City
Blame the nights of inconvenience, curse the bells as they ring out. Twelve o’clock is far too lenient, waste another hour without. Wear the garb of silent…
The Little Things That Get You Down
I finished zipping the back of my dress and began blundering around the room with all the grace of a disemboweled unicorn. Yeah, it was one of those days. I…
Fertile Ground for a Revolution
The seeds of discontent were scattered amongst partial manuscripts, crumpled into thick balls, files from the recycle bin, waiting to be trashed, scribbled…
Abstract Captain Byssus Heptad
Oooo, out of the ether plunged the metaphysical buccaneer on a shell tide of metaphors. Many of them failed him, mixing themselves on the surge of chuckling…
I Am
I am the demon on your shoulder and the horror in your eye, The carcass in your desert and the dragon in your sky, The darkness in your bedroom and the convict…
The Box
Gasping, I shoved hard against the lid. Weak light crept inside as I stood up. Or tried to. My legs gave out half way up and I fell against the wall. I was…
Misguided Soul
Watch Sam go Go go into the distance While I, his faithful bike Remains tossed aside His trusty Strong But perhaps A little rusty Bike I am A title I was once…